"Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all."
― John Kenneth Galbraith
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Humor
― John Kenneth Galbraith
More From John Kenneth Galbraith
- "The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself."
- "Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom."
- "Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative."
More In Humor
- "I used to watch ‘The Waltons’ and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family."― Paula Poundstone
- "Rock Hudson wasn’t my type. He’s a great guy and had a great sense of humor."― Tab Hunter
- "I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive."― Anne Wilson Schaef